Why has Uma Ramanan not been given the due credit?Why has Uma Ramanan not been given the due credit?

Topic started by satsona (@ 203.199.192.162) on Mon Apr 22 02:01:19 EDT 2002.
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I hope u all will agree that Uma Ramanan is a superb singer and still sings well, unlike many other singers of her age. (those who saw the AV ramanan light music pgmme on SUN TV on Apr 21st will agree).
I don't understand why she has not been given more songs, and even now, why do ARR,IR and others don't give her songs.
any specific reasons?

Responses:

From: vijay (@ 68.51.203.216)
on: Mon Apr 22 02:16:29 EDT 2002
The fact is Uma Ramanan was given MORE songs than she probably deserved, by IR :-)
(IR has been giving her songs continuously even in the 90s..havent you heard Kaatrukenna veli, Mahanadhi songs?)

From: Vj (@ 61.11.83.24)
on: Mon Apr 22 02:46:11 EDT 2002
can anyone forget the songs "Aanandha raagam" (panneer pushpangal), "Manjal veyyil" (Nandu), "Poonkathavey" (Nizhalgal), just to name a few for IR-UR combination?
my humble request is, if u dont like a person, pls avoid bad comments on them. v r here just to appriciate music and the people concerned with music... mudslingers can take leave, period.

Vijay, so u feel that she is not a good singer. And pray, may i know what do u mean by MORE?
As compared to other singers, the songs are quite less, and i am sorry i don't know if she has sung many songs for ARR, Vidyasagar and other MDs in the past 7-8 yrs.

If Melody queen Janaki can "sing" for the Rasna ad(which sounds terrible with her current voice), surely Uma ramanan too can sing many songs currently.

Pls note that i am not against any particular singer, but would also not like to see a talent not utilised properly.

From: ashok (@ 156.153.255.126)
on: Tue Apr 23 08:45:41 EDT 2002
Well she got good songs, may see it is not got noticed....Hence the credit too....
But her voice is still good now also....
She has proved in her Latest SUN TV program..

From: Vj (@ 61.11.82.23)
on: Wed Apr 24 00:48:20 EDT 2002
am not against anyone in particular.. and not against vijay too... my statement was a generalised one... after seeing lotsa tug-of-war in the postings, i made that... sorry if i had hurt anyone, esp. vijay....
now back to the thread, "mannava mannava" from "Walter vetrivel".. another excellent piece...
i wonder why IR uses some exceptionally talented singers like SNSurendar, Deepan Chakravarthy, Krishnachandar and many more female singers like Sujatha (she came back after a long time thru ARR after introd. by IR in "Gayathri" and used in "Johny" etc), Jency, Minmini and of course, UR... why did the MDs including IR ignored these singers and went for SPB,SJ, Chitra etc etc?
just to note that am not against SPB,SJ et al.. SJ is my fav.. but people wd hv loved to hear those singers given chances too..!!

From: anenthprkash (@ )
on: Wed Jun 9 05:04:44 EDT 2004
uma ramanan. none can deny her singing talents. i think she is keeeping it on the low. i think she is a contented person. i wish and pray that shes given more songs. the more the the merrier!

From: anenthprkash (@ )
on: Wed Jun 9 05:04:55 EDT 2004
uma ramanan. none can deny her singing talents. i think she is keeeping it on the low. i think she is a contented person. i wish and pray that shes given more songs. the more the merrier!

From: Raghu (@ 193.129.245.198)
on: Wed Jun 9 09:14:39 EDT 2004
VJ,

>>Kaatrukenna veli, kadalukena moodi, mangai ullam pongum pothu << is that the song u were refering to, if so, I am sure it was by the great SJ amma not UR autny ;)

From: Raghu (@ 193.129.245.198)
on: Wed Jun 9 09:16:24 EDT 2004
I like her song along with SPB, the song is Ulagame uyire unaiye azhaithu, it was a mohan movie, md being SAR :)